How to Cook Sweet Potatoes
As much as sweet potato recipes taste differently from other potatoes, cooking them is not done any differently from how the other potatoes are cooked. Sweet potatoes can be prepared in any way that all the other potatoes can be prepared, actually, most of the potato recipes we have can be twisted and turned around to be used for sweet potatoes. The final product may taste different, and you may like it or not but nevertheless there is little difference in the recipes.
Baking sweet potatoes
First poke the potato using a fork or an knife. Heat the oven in advance to 375, place the potato inside the oven and let it bake for close to an hour. You will know the sweet potato is ready when a fork can pass through the potato with no difficulty.
If you can bake a potato in a microwave then you can do the same for a sweet potato. Poke the potato severally in different places and place it in the microwave having set the microwave to about 7 minutes. When the microwave’s timer beeps, let the sweet potato stay therein for another 2-3 minutes then confirm if it ready by digging a fork or knife into it.
Baking sweet potatoes
First poke the potato using a fork or an knife. Heat the oven in advance to 375, place the potato inside the oven and let it bake for close to an hour. You will know the sweet potato is ready when a fork can pass through the potato with no difficulty.
If you can bake a potato in a microwave then you can do the same for a sweet potato. Poke the potato severally in different places and place it in the microwave having set the microwave to about 7 minutes. When the microwave’s timer beeps, let the sweet potato stay therein for another 2-3 minutes then confirm if it ready by digging a fork or knife into it.
Mashing sweet potatoes
To make mashed potatoes, cut then potatoes into small cubes. Boil the cubes in a pot of water. Lower the heat such that the contents of the pan simmer, with the pot covered let the potatoes cook for approximately 20 minutes. When the potatoes are tender enough, drain them and ponder them until they are smooth and there are no visible lumps.
Given that sweet potatoes have their own nice taste, there may not be a need to dress them like you would any other mashed potatoes, however depending on your taste, you can add a bit of salt and butter.
Make sweet potatoes into French fries
First, boil the sweet potatoes for approximately 10 minutes, remove their skin and slice them in stripes. Add some oil into a pan and hit it then add the stripes of sweet potatoes and leave them on the frying pan until you achieve a golden color. Drain them from the oil and try to absorb away the oil from them by patting them dry or any other means you may wish to use.
Given their sweet taste, sweet potato French fries may not need the accompaniment of sauces. If anything needs to be added, it may just be a sprinkle of salt or brown sugar as one may please.
To make mashed potatoes, cut then potatoes into small cubes. Boil the cubes in a pot of water. Lower the heat such that the contents of the pan simmer, with the pot covered let the potatoes cook for approximately 20 minutes. When the potatoes are tender enough, drain them and ponder them until they are smooth and there are no visible lumps.
Given that sweet potatoes have their own nice taste, there may not be a need to dress them like you would any other mashed potatoes, however depending on your taste, you can add a bit of salt and butter.
Make sweet potatoes into French fries
First, boil the sweet potatoes for approximately 10 minutes, remove their skin and slice them in stripes. Add some oil into a pan and hit it then add the stripes of sweet potatoes and leave them on the frying pan until you achieve a golden color. Drain them from the oil and try to absorb away the oil from them by patting them dry or any other means you may wish to use.
Given their sweet taste, sweet potato French fries may not need the accompaniment of sauces. If anything needs to be added, it may just be a sprinkle of salt or brown sugar as one may please.